THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 15
April 15 in history
What happened on April 15: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
15 Apr 1945 — British troops reach a camp holding about 60,000 starving prisoners among thousands of unburied dead; some 13,000 to 14,000 more die in the weeks after liberation. Beside it the British open the Hohne camp, which became the largest Jewish displaced persons’ camp in Germany. Remember them.
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